3 players the Buffalo Bills must game plan for against the Kansas City Chiefs
By Preston Seyl
Buffalo Bills must have an excellent plan for slowing Travis Kelce down
Travis Kelce is arguably the best tight end in the NFL and he is the number one option for Patrick Mahomes. Even when the defense makes a conservative effort to keep the ball out of Kelce’s hands he still finds a way to make an impact on the game.
In the 30-29 win against the Las Vegas Raiders, Kelce had just 25 receiving yards but four touchdowns. The Raiders were able to limit his yards but he made them pay in the red zone with those touchdowns. The Bills cannot let this happen if they want to walk out of Arrowhead with a win.
Taron Johnson and Matt Milano will likely see the most of Kelce in the passing game and Leslie Frazier and Sean McDermott must put together an excellent plan for limiting Kelce. In the passing game, it will be important to knock him off his rhythm at the line of scrimmage as well as being violent by getting hands on him as he navigates the voided zones in coverage.
That second or two that knocks Kelce off his route will be just enough to force Patrick to look for his second read and keep the targets away from Kelce.